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Invensys Trident controller achieves Achilles cyber-security certification
- 11/19/08
the Trident industrial controller from Invensys Process Systems (IPS) as been awarded the Achilles Level 1 Cyber-Security Certification from Wurldtech Labs. |
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Green Hills Software starts INTEGRITY Global Security subsidiary
- 11/17/08
The company was formed to help solve enterprise security problems, including protecting critical infrastructure networks, operator stations and SCADA systems from hackers.
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Green Hills Software achieves EAL6+ operating system security certification
- 11/17/08
INTEGRITY-178B operating system has been certified by NIAP to Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 6+, High Robustness. |
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PLCopen at Pack Expo 2008
Visit the PLCopen Organization booth and see how PLCopen member companies are committed to control software standards that improve your quality and productivity.
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ABB Q3 net income up 26%
- 10/23/08
ABB reported increases in revenues, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), net income and cash flow in the third quarter of 2008. |
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Matrikon and Wurldtech cooperate on security
- 10/20/08
Wurldtech and Matrikon signed an agreement focused on introducing cyber risk management solutions for real-time industrial environments. |
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Nivis and Apprion sign marketing agreement
- 10/16/08
Nivis and Apprion will collaborate on providing industrial facilities with secure wireless networks, devices, applications and services.
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Wurldtech hires former Homeland Security Cyber-Security Director as VP
- 10/16/08
Perry A. Pederson, former Director for the Control Systems Security Program at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is now Vice-President of Wurldtech Labs. |
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Frost & Sullivan says end users wary of wireless
- 10/09/08
In a recent study, 83 percent of the end users across process and factory automation rated interoperability as a medium to high concern. |
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ABB and Saab to collaborate on civil security
- 10/06/08
Jointly developed solutions will increase security at municipal and industrial sites |
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HIMA opens office in Canada
- 10/01/08
HIMA’s office in Calgary is managed by Brad Ogilvie, Country Manager. |
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FBI Reaches Out to SCADA Users
Automation World, September 2008
If a serious cyber security incident occurred in your plant, would you call in the FBI to investigate? The Bureau certainly hopes that you would. To encourage such actions, the FBI is taking steps not only to strengthen its agents’ understanding of control system technology, but also to build stronger bridges to the control systems community.
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Consortium Targets Early 2009 for Cyber Security Compliance Testing
Automation World, September 2008
The ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI) expects to produce a first draft of an embedded controller security assurance specification by the end of 2008, and testing can begin by the first quarter of 2009.
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Mu Dynamics finds open source VPN vulnerability
- 09/22/08
Mu Dynamics discovered and helped remediate a dangerous vulnerability within strongSwan’s virtual private network (VPN) solution. |
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FBI Reaches Out to SCADA Users
- 09/15/08
Automation World, September 2008
If a serious cyber security incident occurred in your plant, would you call in the FBI to investigate? The Bureau certainly hopes that you would. To encourage such actions, the FBI is taking steps not only to strengthen its agents’ understanding of control system technology, but also to build stronger bridges to the control systems community.
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Consortium Targets Early 2009 for Cyber Security Compliance Testing
Automation World, September 2008
The ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI) expects to produce a first draft of an embedded controller security assurance specification by the end of 2008, and testing can begin by the first quarter of 2009.
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ABB presents security paper at PCSF 2008
- 08/19/08
August 27, 2008 La Jolla, CA
ABB’s Kevin McGrath and Mu Dynamics' Thomas Maufer present: “When Good Traffic Goes Bad - When Is Application Traffic Too Much?” |
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Wurldtech and Codenomicon collaborate on Industrial Cyber Security
- 08/15/08
Wurldtech and Codenomicon will work together to introduce new approaches to assessing, mitigating and managing cyber-risk to IP converged systems.
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InduSoft CEView HMI/SCADA certified by AT&T for Mobile Applications
- 07/30/08
CEView HMI/SCADA software is certified to run on many popular mobile devices, including the AT&T 5700, MOTOQ Global, Pantech Duo, the Samsung BlackJack and BlackJack II. |
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ABB Q2 Net Income up 34%
- 07/24/08
ABB reported record orders, revenues and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) in the second quarter of 2008, with net income reaching $975 million. |
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ARC says Process Safety System market to grow 12%
- 07/18/08
The worldwide market, which is around $1.4 billion in 2007, is expected to grow 12% per year to over $2.5 billion in 2012. |
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ABB appoints Joseph Hogan CEO
- 07/17/08
Hogan is currently CEO of GE Healthcare and is a member of the GE Senior Executive Council. He will join ABB on September 1, 2008.
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Industrial Defender acquires Teltone Corporation
- 06/25/08
Teltone Gauntlet solutions provide cyber security protection for substation control system equipment and enable utilities to comply with cyber security requirements. |
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North American Cyber Security Standards Impact Globally
Automation World, June 2008
By Wes Iversen
As one of the few sets of enforceable cyber security standards on the books worldwide, the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards developed by the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) are having a global impact.
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Core Security Technologies discovers vulnerability in Citect SCADA software
- 06/12/08
An attacker could use the vulnerability to gain remote, unauthenticated access to a host system running CitectSCADA. |
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New Life for Industrial Security Incident Database
Automation World, May 2008
By Wes Iversen
The Industrial Security Incident Database (ISID) is coming back to life.
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ABB Automation World held in Houston with record attendance
- 05/05/08
A record 3,300+ customers, distributors, channel partners, original equipment manufacturers and ABB employees attended the three-day trade show and conference that ran from April 29 through May 1 in Houston, Texas. |
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Bryan Singer of Wurldtech named to NERC Cyber-Security Team
- 05/02/08
As the federally designated Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) in the United States, NERC develops and enforces reliability standards for the planning and operation of the bulk power system. |
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Phoenix Contact acquires Innominate
- 04/28/08
Phoenix Contact is the new owner of Innominate Security Technologies, a provider of embedded security devices in industrial applications worldwide.
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Aboundi signs Ascheman Marketing as rep
- 04/22/08
AMG will be responsible for the Central USA region, including Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and southern Illinois. |
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Siemens brings exiderdome traveling exhibit to U.S.
- 04/16/08
exiderdome consists of 55 containers, arranged in a two-story building that is about 50 yards long and includes eight product venues, conference rooms, an executive lounge and a central atrium. To reach destinations, exiderdome uses a convoy of 55 tractor trailers.
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Innominate joins Industrial Defender program
- 04/14/08
The program enables technology companies in the process control/SCADA market to provide their customers with integrated Defense in Depth cyber security solutions. |
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ScanSource Security to distribute GE Security solutions
- 04/02/08
ScanSource Security signed up as a distributor, and will provide GE's broad line of security solutions to its dealer partners.
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ISA Security Institute elects governing board
- 03/25/08
Johan Nye, Ivan Susanto, Kevin Staggs and Ernie Rakaczky were elected officers for the ISA Security Compliance Institute. |
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Engineers Turning to Portals to find Product Information
- 03/13/08
Control Design, March 2008
By Joe Feeley
A study by Control Design magazine says engineers are getting tired of using Google and Yahoo because “too many of the results have nothing to do with what they’re actually looking for.” Instead, the use of portals, such as www.automation.com/portals, to find information is increasing. |
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ISA issues call for papers for ISA EXPO
- 03/11/08
Abstracts will be accepted until 11 April for paper, panel, and tutorial sessions.
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Wurldtech Security Experts to speak at process control conferences
- 02/13/08
Wurldtech experts will speak on Best Practices for Managing Cyber Security, Risk, Safety and Compliance. |
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MU Security joins ISA Security Compliance Institute
- 01/30/08
ISA SCI is working toward establishing the ISA Secure certification designation for security compliant products and systems in the automation industry. |
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Kevin McCarthy joins CoroWare's board of advisors
- 01/23/08
CoroWare has added Kevin McCarthy to its ensemble of corporate advisors. McCarthy is a proven executive on Homeland and National security solutions. |
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ISA approves Wurldtech CS2SAT SCADA cyber security tool
- 01/23/08
The CS2SAT is an online tool that provides organizations that use SCADA and industrial control systems with a self-assessment tool for evaluating the security of the control system. |
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RuggedCom and Industrial Defender sign marketing agreement
- 01/22/08
The combined technology of RuggedCom and Industrial Defender deliver a comprehensive cyber security solution. |
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Wurldtech Joins ISA Security Compliance Institute
- 01/15/08
The ISA Security Compliance Institute is working toward establishing the ISASecure designation, which identifies and promotes security compliant products and systems in the industrial automation industry. |
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Joe Weiss Testifies before Congress
Control, November 2007
Weiss hammered the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), calling NERC’s attitude toward cybersecurity “alarming at best and negligent at worst
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Bad chemistry threatens US national security
Chemistry World, November 2007
By Rebecca Trager
The US Departments of Defense (DoD) and of Homeland Security (DHS) have been warned that their lacklustre funding of research may be compromising national security.
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Cooper acquires Sure Power, OMNEX and Roam Secure
- 12/27/07
Combined sales for the three companies in 2007 will be approximately $62 million and the combined purchase price is approximately $100 million. |
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Innominate signs distributor in Southeast Asia
- 12/19/07
Singapore-based Vector InfoTech will represent Innominate throughout South East Asia as well as India, China and Saudi Arabia.
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Invensys teams with Integralis to deliver 24/7 Security services
- 12/12/07
This unique collaboration between a major process control vendor and a major IT services provider demonstrates the growing importance of combining process engineering and IT expertise in warding off cyber threats to refineries, public utilities, pharmaceutical plants and other process industries. |
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Mu Security expands Advisory Board
- 12/04/07
The addition of Byres and Shipley complements current Advisory Board members: four-star retired Army Gen. Anthony Charles Zinni, College of William and Mary; Dug Song, vice president engineering at Zattoo and former chief security architect at Arbor; and Sri Reddy, vice president of engineering for edge router software development, Alcatel. |
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ISA Security Compliance Institute seeks members
- 11/02/07
ISA is recruiting Strategic Members, Technical Members, and Informational Members from the industrial community for the ISASecure program. |
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Mu Security appoints Dave Kresse CEO
- 10/23/07
Dave Kresse joined the company as chief executive officer, and Kris Nagel was appointed vice president of worldwide sales. |
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Tofino security system gains Mu Security certification
- 10/23/07
The Tofino Security Appliance from MTL and Byres Security achieved Foundation-level Mu Security Industrial Control (MUSIC) Certification. |
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Siemens joins ISA Security Compliance Institute
- 10/03/07
Siemens joined the ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI) as a founding member. |
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ABB’s AC 800M controller achieves MUSIC Security Certification
- 09/25/07
System 800xA AC 800M controller has now achieved both Foundation-level MUSIC and Achilles Level 1 security certification.
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Honeywell joins ISA Security Compliance Institute
- 09/11/07
The ISA Security Compliance Institute will work to establish an ISASecure designation, which will identify and promote standards-compliant process control products and systems. |
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ABB’S AC800M achieves Achilles Level 1 Security Certification
- 09/04/07
Certification required the AM800M to maintain control while being attacked with network tests designed to verify protocol stack robustness, compliance with standards, and proper handling of rogue protocol packets. |
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ISA submits Control System cyber security report to ANSI
- 08/27/07
ISA-TR99.00.01, Security Technologies for Industrial Automation and Control Systems, has been submitted to ANSI for approval as an ANSI Technical Report.
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Honeywell Experion obtains MUSIC security certification
- 08/14/07
The MUSIC certification is designed specifically for IP-based controllers and is closely aligned with the emerging ISA-SP99 security standards. |
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Schneider Electric acquires Pelco for its video security
- 08/01/07
Pelco complements previous acquisitions of TAC, Andover Controls and Invensys Building Systems as Schneider expands building automation business. |
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ISA Security Compliance Institute Proposed
- 07/03/07
An ad-hoc group of asset owners and suppliers of industrial automation technology and services offered a plan to establish an ISA Security Compliance Institute.
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InTech and CITGO start Cyber Security Blog
- 05/03/07
InTech magazine and CITGO are starting a blog that will cover CITGO's design and implementation of a secure process control network.
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PLCopen forms Security working group for control systems
- 04/12/07
The goal is to define a test bed and a set of routines, implementing a set of software tools and scripts to perform these test, and making this available to the public in order to be able prove a level of networking security within a broad set of control systems. |
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Telvent working with NSTB on SCADA security
- 03/08/07
Telvent is participating in a collaborative exercise with the U.S. Department of Energy's National SCADA Test Bed (NSTB) on a joint security assessment project. NSTB researchers at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) assess and mitigate the threats posed by cyber attacks on critical infrastructure control systems. |
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Amplicon launches ‘Security Automation’ Division
- 12/20/06
The new business division was formed to serve the requirements of system integrators and OEMs operating in the professional security market. |
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Cory Welch joins Invensys as enterprise network and security services practice director
- 11/10/06
In this capacity, Mr. Welch will help Invensys develop and deliver a new suite of comprehensive enterprise network and security solutions to Invensys' global customers. He has 24 years of experience in the services industry. This includes positions with companies such as Digital Equipment Corporation/Compaq Computers, Nortel Networks, and Unisys. |
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ISA Cyber Security Committee nears completion of first two industry standards
- 10/19/06
Thr ISA-SP99 Industrial Automation and Control Systems Security committee plans to issue its first two standards and an updated guideline for committee voting -- while launching a new working group to develop another key standard in the ISA-99 series. |
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Verano acquires e-DMZ Managed Security Service
- 09/12/06
e-DMZ Security Managed Services provides co-managed firewall and intrusion detection services for high-risk financial services, pharmaceutical and industrial networks. As a result of this acquisition, Verano is launching Industrial Defender Co-Managed Security, a co-managed security service for the real-time SCADA and control environment. |
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ISONAS Security Systems Receives UL-294 Certification for IP Reader-Controllers
- 09/01/06
ETL, the international testing laboratory, awarded UL-294 certification for ISONAS ClearNet IP Reader-Controllers®. Certification signifies that the ISONAS products have been tested and found to meet industry standards for electronic devices and physical access control.
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PlantData Technologies has completed 50 SCADA security assessments
- 08/01/06
PlantData Technologies announced it has completed more than 50 SCADA, EMS, and DCS Security assessments in the past five years. A division of Verano, Inc., the leading provider of security and SCADA solutions for mission-critical industries, PlantData continues its commitment to serving energy, utility, transmission and distribution, transportation and other critical infrastructure industries. |
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The Automation Federation launches control systems security certification initiative
- 07/18/06
The Automation Federation is starting a new initiative aimed at creating a set of specifications and processes for the security testing and certification of critical control systems products. The Automation Federation will provide financial and personnel support for the initial feasibility study project. |
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Hirschmann and Innominate Form Industrial Security Alliance
- 05/12/06
The starting point for the alliance will be a joint trade fair stand at the Interkama+ “Secure Automation” (hall 7, stand A43), the international lead fair for process automation within the Hannover Messe. Both companies will present innovative solutions covering the fields of industrial security and Industrial Ethernet. |
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ISA's Cyber Security Standards Committee Issues First Ballots
- 05/03/06
The ISA-99 Part 1 standard, "Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems: Concepts, Terminology and Models," will define the concepts, terminology, and models of industrial automation and control systems security, establishing the basis for the remaining standards in the ISA-99 series. |
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Invensys Receives 2006 Process Control Security Leadership Award
- 04/28/06
The SANS citation declared that Invensys has demonstrated that vendors can take much of the pain, cost, and uncertainty out of securing process and SCADA systems. The award identified some Invensys practices, including rigorous pre-testing of operating system updates and software security patches, and additional enhancements such as providing anti-virus within its core distributed control system (DCS) product, that make security better, easier and less expensive for asset owners. |
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ISONAS Security Systems Launches Online security products Store
- 04/28/06
Web store carries IP Access Control solutions, incluidng ClearNet IP and Wireless IP Reader-Controllers, RCI electronic locks, and PowerDSine Power over Ethernet supplies. |
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New Headquarters for ISONAS Security Systems
- 04/28/06
ISONAS Security Systems, the leading manufacturer of IP and Wireless IP Reader-Controllers for access control, has moved into new Corporate Offices in Boulder, Colorado. The 13,000+ square foot facility at 6325 Gunpark Drive now houses the Management Team and the Sales, Product Development and Shipping Departments under one roof. |
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Honeywell Recognized by Sans Institute as a Leading Industrial Cyber Security Provider
- 04/26/06
One of the industry’s largest process control and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) vendors, Honeywell was specifically recognized for rapidly qualifying Microsoft security updates, as well as for using built-in control firewalls. These measures have helped industrial facilities protect their SCADA systems from the growing threat of cyber terrorism. |
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Verano Acquires PlantData Technologies, Leading SCADA Security and Integration Firm
- 01/24/06
Remaining an independent subsidiary of Verano, PlantData Technologies compliments all aspects of Verano's business from its market-leading security solution, Industrial Defender, to its mission-critical SCADA platform and integration services, offering customers a one-stop-shop for all their real-time control and security needs. |
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Verano and Counterpane Partner to Provide Cybersecurity Monitoring and Protection
- 01/09/06
Verano, Inc., the leading provider of security and SCADA solutions for mission-critical industries, and Counterpane Internet Security, a leading managed security company and authority on enterprise security systems, today announced a strategic alliance to deliver a cybersecurity monitoring service to protect against vulnerabilities in the control environment. |
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Rockwell Automation Announces New Security Software and Services to Help Manufacturers Improve User Access Control and Authentication
- 11/15/05
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ISA Leads the Way in Manufacturing and Control Systems Security Standards
- 10/13/05
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Hirschmann to Introduce New Version of EAGLE Industrial Security System at SPS/IPC/DRIVES Exhibition
- 10/13/05
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ISA Releases 'Electronic Security for Manufacturing and Control Systems'
- 09/14/05
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Damon Tarquinio of Quantuum Energy Products Joins ISONAS Security Systems
- 08/23/05
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ISA Releases Industrial Network Security Resource
- 04/26/05
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Emerson Expands Cyber Security Solutions and Services for Users of its Ovation® Expert Control System
- 12/01/04
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Emerson’s Latest Features of Ovation® Expert Control System Focus on Enhanced Cyber Security
- 10/21/04
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Garrettcom to Feature Web Security, Managed Switches for Factory Floor and Outdoors, FTA at ISA Expo
- 10/14/04
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Verano and Betrusted Form Alliance To Offer First Comprehensive Global Security Service To Mission-Critical Industries
- 08/10/04
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Schneider Electric Acquires Andover Controls To Strengthen Positions in Building Automation While Expanding in Security
- 05/19/04
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Starthis, Inc. Awarded Contract From The Department Of Homeland Security for SCADA Security
- 04/07/04
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ISA Standards Department Offers New Report on Industrial Systems Security
- 03/16/04
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FKI Logistex Teams With Delta Air Lines, Transportation Security Administration To Test Enhanced RFID Baggage Tracking Technology
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FKI Logistex Completes Key Baggage Handling and Security Screening Projects for Indianapolis, Tampa International Airports
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